In this documentary, we will travel to the heart of Western Sahara, the last remaining unexplored region of the great African desert.
We will meet the nomads that inhabit this land, learn about their fascinating customs, their atavistic rites; the birthplace of an ancient empire. They are the ULAD EL MIZNA, the Children of the Cloud.
The immense desert which comprises the Western Sahara, almost 250,000 km in size, is one of the least-known, and most hostile regions in the world.
In 1976, exile began for the Sahrawi nation, which since then has been crowded into refugee camps in the barren hammada of TINDUF, in extreme living conditions and depending for their survival on international aid.
The unequal war between the FRENTE POLISARIO and Morocco in order to achieve freedom for their country has led to poverty, desolation and an unbearable cost in human lives.
In exile, the Sahrawi nation has, with the few available resources, managed to create a rudimentary but efficient system of administration. The population, some 170,000 people, has organised itself into WILAYAS and DARÍAS, assemblies of neighbours at which they discuss the problems of the community.
Mauritania is a country entirely of desert and with a fascinating history.
The terrifying canyons of the AMOJIAR ravine, its vertical walls, and the frequent landslides formed part of the dangers of the road which the ancient caravans had to negotiate in order to reach the mythical cities of the GoldRoute. The lost cities of Mauritania. The mosque is the most important building in Chinguetti and perhaps in all of Mauritania. Every year, below its minaret, of dry-stone masonry and reconstructed several times, thousands of the Turab al Bidan faithful gathered to set out on the pilgrimage to Mecca.
For this reason, Chinguetti was considered the seventh holy city of Islam.
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Orphans of the Sahara - Episode 1- Return
In late 2011, thousands of Tuareg workers and fighters, many of them mercenaries for slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, return to their Saharan homeland in Niger and Mali.
Having lost access to the country that was their only source of livelihood, they find little more than crushing poverty, hunger and drought back home.
Barely able to feed their children amidst total state neglect, the men launch a rebellion to found their own country.

published:09 Jan 2014

views:263287

Life is tough for many living on the edge of the Sahara desert in Niger, and it's not getting any better, despite the signing of a peace agreement almost 10 years ago.
NomadicTuareg people suffered war, then drought. And lack of education is a major obstacle to building a new life.
Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports.
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In remote southwest Sahara, the indigenous Tuareg tribe — variously used and discriminated against by former strongman Muammar Qaddafi — fight for their place in a post-revolutionary Libya.
Living deep in Libya’s desert near large oil fields and lucrative smuggling routes, hundreds of miles from Libya’s capital, the Tuareg find themselves impoverished and isolated on this prized land.
Nowhere is this felt more than in the oasis town of Ubari. Here the Tuareg are pitted against former neighbors in a proxy battle for assets and power, backed by government and international interests.
VICENews travels to meet the Tuareg on the front lines of Ubari and the border town of Ghat, to find out what is really happening in this rarely visited land.
Read "In a Southern Libya Oasis, a Proxy War Engulfs Two Tribes” - http://bit.ly/1QawO6n
Watch "Libya’s MigrantTrade: Europe or Die” - http://bit.ly/1Pon6cX
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published:17 Feb 2016

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published:05 Sep 2011

views:18272

For many indigenous and nomadic tribes around the world, it's often difficult to keep their way of life.
But there's a group of people, spread across several countries in North-western Africa, who are managing to do just that.
Al Jazeera'sNatasha Ghoneim has the story.
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published:26 Aug 2016

views:3472

In January, 2009, in a Touareg encampment outside Timbuktu, Mali, this troupe of drummers and singers, along with their sword dancers, invited Carolyn and Eli Newberger to join them in a lively and provocative dance. The day was unseasonably cold, and the Harmattan puffed on the irepressable ensemble. Note how one of the men, after offering his sword to his male guest, pulls a long dagger from his cloak and engages him in a polite duel. The guest considered and rejected the temptation to unsheath his Swiss Army knife from the holster on his belt, both for aesthetic reasons and to respect the time-honored definition of an American gentleman: "The man who knows how to play the banjo but refrains from doing so." Videography by Christraud Geary, Teele Curator of African and OceanicArt at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
http://www.elinewberger.com

published:16 May 2009

views:24258

We've just LAUNCHED a KICKSTARTER campaign to finish the film and execute a marketing and distribution plan for its release. Timing is critical with the eyes of the world watching the headlines about the Crisis in the Sahara.
Beyond the mystical city of Timbuktu.... Mamatal, the son of a Tuareg chief sets out on a journey across the Sahara to save his culture known as the "blue people of the Sahara" before they disappear. But when the North African government of Mali collapses, he finds himself caught up in an international crisis brewing in the desert - a battle between Tuareg rebels fighting for independence and Al Qaeda bent on taking over the Sahara to plot future terrorist attacks against the United States and Europe.
Produced and directed by two-time Emmy winner RobynSymon of Symon Productions. Cinematographers Wes Malkin and JustinMarx. Funded by www.FACES-ngo.org

Tuareg people

The Tuareg (/ˈtwɑːrɛɡ/; also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonymImuhagh) are Berber people with a traditionally nomadicpastoralist lifestyle. They are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan desert.

The Tuareg language, a branch of the Berber languages, has an estimated 1.2 million speakers.
About half this number is accounted for by speakers of the Eastern dialect (Tamajaq, Tawallammat).
Most Tuareg live in the Saharan parts of Niger, Mali, and Algeria. Being nomadic, they move constantly across national borders, and small groups of Tuareg also live in southeastern Algeria, southwestern Libya and northern Burkina Faso, and a small community in northern Nigeria.

Names

The origin and meaning of the name Tuareg has long been debated with various etymologies advanced, although it would appear that Twārəg is derived from the "broken plural" of Tārgi, a name whose former meaning was "inhabitant of Targa" (the Tuareg name of the Libyan region commonly known as Fezzan. Targa in Berber means "(drainage) channel", see Alojali et al. 2003: 656, s.v. "Targa").

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera (Arabic:الجزيرة‎al-ǧazīrahIPA:[æl dʒæˈziːrɐ], literally "The Peninsula", referring to the Arabian Peninsula), also known as JSC (Jazeera Satellite Channel), is a Doha-based state-funded broadcaster owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is partly funded by the House of Thani, the ruling family of Qatar. Initially launched as an Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel, Al Jazeera has since expanded into a network with several outlets, including the Internet and specialtyTV channels in multiple languages.

Al Jazeera is among the largest news organizations with 80 bureaus around the world. Al Jazeera is owned by the government of Qatar. While Al Jazeera officials have stated that they are editorially independent from the government of Qatar, this assertion has been disputed.

The original Al Jazeera channel's willingness to broadcast dissenting views, for example on call-in shows, created controversies in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf. The station gained worldwide attention following the outbreak of war in Afghanistan, when it was the only channel to cover the war live, from its office there.

Nomadic Tribes of the Sahara | Full Documentary

In this documentary, we will travel to the heart of Western Sahara, the last remaining unexplored region of the great African desert.
We will meet the nomads that inhabit this land, learn about their fascinating customs, their atavistic rites; the birthplace of an ancient empire. They are the ULAD EL MIZNA, the Children of the Cloud.
The immense desert which comprises the Western Sahara, almost 250,000 km in size, is one of the least-known, and most hostile regions in the world.
In 1976, exile began for the Sahrawi nation, which since then has been crowded into refugee camps in the barren hammada of TINDUF, in extreme living conditions and depending for their survival on international aid.
The unequal war between the FRENTE POLISARIO and Morocco in order to achieve freedom for their country has led to poverty, desolation and an unbearable cost in human lives.
In exile, the Sahrawi nation has, with the few available resources, managed to create a rudimentary but efficient system of administration. The population, some 170,000 people, has organised itself into WILAYAS and DARÍAS, assemblies of neighbours at which they discuss the problems of the community.
Mauritania is a country entirely of desert and with a fascinating history.
The terrifying canyons of the AMOJIAR ravine, its vertical walls, and the frequent landslides formed part of the dangers of the road which the ancient caravans had to negotiate in order to reach the mythical cities of the GoldRoute. The lost cities of Mauritania. The mosque is the most important building in Chinguetti and perhaps in all of Mauritania. Every year, below its minaret, of dry-stone masonry and reconstructed several times, thousands of the Turab al Bidan faithful gathered to set out on the pilgrimage to Mecca.
For this reason, Chinguetti was considered the seventh holy city of Islam.
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8:23

The Tuareg People

The Tuareg People

The Tuareg People

3:20

Tuareg Women

Tuareg Women

Tuareg Women

46:31

Orphans of the Sahara - Episode 1- Return

Orphans of the Sahara - Episode 1- Return

Orphans of the Sahara - Episode 1- Return

Orphans of the Sahara - Episode 1- Return
In late 2011, thousands of Tuareg workers and fighters, many of them mercenaries for slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, return to their Saharan homeland in Niger and Mali.
Having lost access to the country that was their only source of livelihood, they find little more than crushing poverty, hunger and drought back home.
Barely able to feed their children amidst total state neglect, the men launch a rebellion to found their own country.

2:11

Niger: Tuareg people living in drought and conflict

Niger: Tuareg people living in drought and conflict

Niger: Tuareg people living in drought and conflict

Life is tough for many living on the edge of the Sahara desert in Niger, and it's not getting any better, despite the signing of a peace agreement almost 10 years ago.
NomadicTuareg people suffered war, then drought. And lack of education is a major obstacle to building a new life.
Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports.
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- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
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The Tuareg people west africa

Libya's Quiet War: The Tuareg of South Libya

In remote southwest Sahara, the indigenous Tuareg tribe — variously used and discriminated against by former strongman Muammar Qaddafi — fight for their place in a post-revolutionary Libya.
Living deep in Libya’s desert near large oil fields and lucrative smuggling routes, hundreds of miles from Libya’s capital, the Tuareg find themselves impoverished and isolated on this prized land.
Nowhere is this felt more than in the oasis town of Ubari. Here the Tuareg are pitted against former neighbors in a proxy battle for assets and power, backed by government and international interests.
VICENews travels to meet the Tuareg on the front lines of Ubari and the border town of Ghat, to find out what is really happening in this rarely visited land.
Read "In a Southern Libya Oasis, a Proxy War Engulfs Two Tribes” - http://bit.ly/1QawO6n
Watch "Libya’s MigrantTrade: Europe or Die” - http://bit.ly/1Pon6cX
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4:21

Tuareg People

Tuareg People

Tuareg People

1:59

Maintaining way of life, Tuareg resist cultural changes

Maintaining way of life, Tuareg resist cultural changes

Maintaining way of life, Tuareg resist cultural changes

For many indigenous and nomadic tribes around the world, it's often difficult to keep their way of life.
But there's a group of people, spread across several countries in North-western Africa, who are managing to do just that.
Al Jazeera'sNatasha Ghoneim has the story.
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- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
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3:54

Tuareg women musicians with strange dancers, Timbuktu, Mali

Tuareg women musicians with strange dancers, Timbuktu, Mali

Tuareg women musicians with strange dancers, Timbuktu, Mali

In January, 2009, in a Touareg encampment outside Timbuktu, Mali, this troupe of drummers and singers, along with their sword dancers, invited Carolyn and Eli Newberger to join them in a lively and provocative dance. The day was unseasonably cold, and the Harmattan puffed on the irepressable ensemble. Note how one of the men, after offering his sword to his male guest, pulls a long dagger from his cloak and engages him in a polite duel. The guest considered and rejected the temptation to unsheath his Swiss Army knife from the holster on his belt, both for aesthetic reasons and to respect the time-honored definition of an American gentleman: "The man who knows how to play the banjo but refrains from doing so." Videography by Christraud Geary, Teele Curator of African and OceanicArt at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
http://www.elinewberger.com

3:45

Behind the Blue Veil

Behind the Blue Veil

Behind the Blue Veil

We've just LAUNCHED a KICKSTARTER campaign to finish the film and execute a marketing and distribution plan for its release. Timing is critical with the eyes of the world watching the headlines about the Crisis in the Sahara.
Beyond the mystical city of Timbuktu.... Mamatal, the son of a Tuareg chief sets out on a journey across the Sahara to save his culture known as the "blue people of the Sahara" before they disappear. But when the North African government of Mali collapses, he finds himself caught up in an international crisis brewing in the desert - a battle between Tuareg rebels fighting for independence and Al Qaeda bent on taking over the Sahara to plot future terrorist attacks against the United States and Europe.
Produced and directed by two-time Emmy winner RobynSymon of Symon Productions. Cinematographers Wes Malkin and JustinMarx. Funded by www.FACES-ngo.org

Tuareg People (Episode 1)

Tuareg Libya

Sahrawi women | Nomads of the Sahara

Islam was introduced into the Sahara in the eighth century by tribes from Arabia. The dominant variety is Sunni, of the maleki rite.
Since then, the TALEB, or master of the Koran, has taught children from 5 to 13 years old the rudiments of writing and how to recite by memory the verses written in the LAUJ, or Koranic tables, in return for a small stipend in the form of cattle. In the Sahara, the taleb were also men of the book, the governing class, and enjoyed certain privileges.
For the Sahrawi nomad, the emptiness of this immense desert makes mysticism and dialogue with God easier to achieve. The wedding ceremony is still important in traditional society, maintained despite the now sedentary lifestyle the Sahrawi people have been forced to adopt.
The cadí, after recording in writing that none of the participants in the ceremony have raised any objection, confirms that the act is legal and the marriage valid.
The cries of joy from the women watching spread the news of the union to the entire fric.
But it is one of the witnesses who makes the official announced, firing shots into the air with an old Mauser gun.
This characteristic howl of the Sahrawi women, called INSHID, is a public manifestation of joy, which they also made when the warriors went into combat.
When the requirements of the Koran and tradition have been fulfilled, the women serve large trays of ISSAN, camel meat with rice. The eagerly-awaited banquet has finally begun, and it must be as copious as possible, to demonstrate the generosity of the bride’s family, who are the hosts.
In accordance with custom, the men and women eat separately. Some traditional customs still remain, though they now form part of the past, the old tribal divisions of nobles, descendents of Yemeni Arabs, tributary tribes and slaves. The drums and music sound out in the desert.
After the copious feast, Shelej, the bridegroom, accompanied by the AUSIR, his inseparable companion, other friends and some divorced women, goes round his own jaima three times, in a ritual to ward off any spell or evil eye, which is a very deep-rooted belief in the Sahara.
Meanwhile, in another tent, Suqueina, the bride, is pretending to hide. The women of her family are making her up with NILA and HENNA powders. Shelej is being given advice on how to behave in his marriage. His friends tell him they are ready to go in search of the bride whenever he asks them to. Finally, they enter the jaima to join the party. The entertainment is provided by an IGGAUEN, a minstrel who plays the traditional TIDINIT, the four-stringed lute of Mauritanian origin, with which he accompanies these love poems the Sahrawis are so fond of.
The hypnotic harmonies of the HOUL music transport the imagination to the beautiful lands of Mauritania.
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6:21

Global Vision Africa: Tuareg Desert LIfe North Africa produced by Global Vision Germany

Global Vision Africa: Tuareg Desert LIfe North Africa produced by Global Vision Germany

Global Vision Africa: Tuareg Desert LIfe North Africa produced by Global Vision Germany

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A very mysterious Islamic Tuareg tribe where women rule is an
exception to a very male-centric religious way of life. The Tuareg
tribe of the Sahara is one of the most fascinating tribes in all of
Islam. Their culture is so progressive that it would even make some in
liberal western cultures blush. Women are allowed to have multiple
sexual partners outside of marriage. In their culture It’s the men,
who cover their faces.

11:05

The Tuareg Ethnic Group

The Tuareg Ethnic Group

The Tuareg Ethnic Group

DescriptionTake the journey with me threw the culture of the Tuareg. Touching basis on the basics of the Tuareg Culture, Life Style, and discussing how the Tuareg survive. Passing an ancient African culture down to the next generation is the goal of this viewing. Sit back and enjoy the conversation on a beautiful tribe, let us make the connections and learn about are brothers and sisters back in the motherland.

Tuareg People

Nomadic Tribes of the Sahara | Full Documentary

In this documentary, we will travel to the heart of Western Sahara, the last remaining unexplored region of the great African desert.
We will meet the nomads that inhabit this land, learn about their fascinating customs, their atavistic rites; the birthplace of an ancient empire. They are the ULAD EL MIZNA, the Children of the Cloud.
The immense desert which comprises the Western Sahara, almost 250,000 km in size, is one of the least-known, and most hostile regions in the world.
In 1976, exile began for the Sahrawi nation, which since then has been crowded into refugee camps in the barren hammada of TINDUF, in extreme living conditions and depending for their survival on international aid.
The unequal war between the FRENTE POLISARIO and Morocco in order to achieve freedom for their ...

published: 08 Feb 2016

The Tuareg People

published: 19 Nov 2015

Tuareg Women

published: 12 Dec 2015

Orphans of the Sahara - Episode 1- Return

Orphans of the Sahara - Episode 1- Return
In late 2011, thousands of Tuareg workers and fighters, many of them mercenaries for slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, return to their Saharan homeland in Niger and Mali.
Having lost access to the country that was their only source of livelihood, they find little more than crushing poverty, hunger and drought back home.
Barely able to feed their children amidst total state neglect, the men launch a rebellion to found their own country.

published: 09 Jan 2014

Niger: Tuareg people living in drought and conflict

Life is tough for many living on the edge of the Sahara desert in Niger, and it's not getting any better, despite the signing of a peace agreement almost 10 years ago.
NomadicTuareg people suffered war, then drought. And lack of education is a major obstacle to building a new life.
Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports.
- Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe
- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
- Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera
- Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

Natasha Ghoneim covers Tuareg culture for Al Jazeera

The Tuareg people west africa

Libya's Quiet War: The Tuareg of South Libya

In remote southwest Sahara, the indigenous Tuareg tribe — variously used and discriminated against by former strongman Muammar Qaddafi — fight for their place in a post-revolutionary Libya.
Living deep in Libya’s desert near large oil fields and lucrative smuggling routes, hundreds of miles from Libya’s capital, the Tuareg find themselves impoverished and isolated on this prized land.
Nowhere is this felt more than in the oasis town of Ubari. Here the Tuareg are pitted against former neighbors in a proxy battle for assets and power, backed by government and international interests.
VICENews travels to meet the Tuareg on the front lines of Ubari and the border town of Ghat, to find out what is really happening in this rarely visited land.
Read "In a Southern Libya Oasis, a Proxy War En...

published: 17 Feb 2016

Tuareg People

published: 05 Sep 2011

Maintaining way of life, Tuareg resist cultural changes

For many indigenous and nomadic tribes around the world, it's often difficult to keep their way of life.
But there's a group of people, spread across several countries in North-western Africa, who are managing to do just that.
Al Jazeera'sNatasha Ghoneim has the story.
- Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe
- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
- Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera
- Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/

published: 26 Aug 2016

Tuareg women musicians with strange dancers, Timbuktu, Mali

In January, 2009, in a Touareg encampment outside Timbuktu, Mali, this troupe of drummers and singers, along with their sword dancers, invited Carolyn and Eli Newberger to join them in a lively and provocative dance. The day was unseasonably cold, and the Harmattan puffed on the irepressable ensemble. Note how one of the men, after offering his sword to his male guest, pulls a long dagger from his cloak and engages him in a polite duel. The guest considered and rejected the temptation to unsheath his Swiss Army knife from the holster on his belt, both for aesthetic reasons and to respect the time-honored definition of an American gentleman: "The man who knows how to play the banjo but refrains from doing so." Videography by Christraud Geary, Teele Curator of African and OceanicArt at...

published: 16 May 2009

Behind the Blue Veil

We've just LAUNCHED a KICKSTARTER campaign to finish the film and execute a marketing and distribution plan for its release. Timing is critical with the eyes of the world watching the headlines about the Crisis in the Sahara.
Beyond the mystical city of Timbuktu.... Mamatal, the son of a Tuareg chief sets out on a journey across the Sahara to save his culture known as the "blue people of the Sahara" before they disappear. But when the North African government of Mali collapses, he finds himself caught up in an international crisis brewing in the desert - a battle between Tuareg rebels fighting for independence and Al Qaeda bent on taking over the Sahara to plot future terrorist attacks against the United States and Europe.
Produced and directed by two-time Emmy winner RobynSymon of Sy...

published: 27 Apr 2011

Tuareg People (Episode 1)

Tuareg Libya

Sahrawi women | Nomads of the Sahara

Islam was introduced into the Sahara in the eighth century by tribes from Arabia. The dominant variety is Sunni, of the maleki rite.
Since then, the TALEB, or master of the Koran, has taught children from 5 to 13 years old the rudiments of writing and how to recite by memory the verses written in the LAUJ, or Koranic tables, in return for a small stipend in the form of cattle. In the Sahara, the taleb were also men of the book, the governing class, and enjoyed certain privileges.
For the Sahrawi nomad, the emptiness of this immense desert makes mysticism and dialogue with God easier to achieve. The wedding ceremony is still important in traditional society, maintained despite the now sedentary lifestyle the Sahrawi people have been forced to adopt.
The cadí, after recording in writing t...

published: 23 Jan 2016

Global Vision Africa: Tuareg Desert LIfe North Africa produced by Global Vision Germany

Susbscribe Us For Latest News & Updates ► http://goo.gl/aVOt3O
A very mysterious Islamic Tuareg tribe where women rule is an
exception to a very male-centric religious way of life. The Tuareg
tribe of the Sahara is one of the most fascinating tribes in all of
Islam. Their culture is so progressive that it would even make some in
liberal western cultures blush. Women are allowed to have multiple
sexual partners outside of marriage. In their culture It’s the men,
who cover their faces.

published: 26 Jul 2017

The Tuareg Ethnic Group

DescriptionTake the journey with me threw the culture of the Tuareg. Touching basis on the basics of the Tuareg Culture, Life Style, and discussing how the Tuareg survive. Passing an ancient African culture down to the next generation is the goal of this viewing. Sit back and enjoy the conversation on a beautiful tribe, let us make the connections and learn about are brothers and sisters back in the motherland.

Tuareg People

Nomadic Tribes of the Sahara | Full Documentary

In this documentary, we will travel to the heart of Western Sahara, the last remaining unexplored region of the great African desert.
We will meet the nomads t...

In this documentary, we will travel to the heart of Western Sahara, the last remaining unexplored region of the great African desert.
We will meet the nomads that inhabit this land, learn about their fascinating customs, their atavistic rites; the birthplace of an ancient empire. They are the ULAD EL MIZNA, the Children of the Cloud.
The immense desert which comprises the Western Sahara, almost 250,000 km in size, is one of the least-known, and most hostile regions in the world.
In 1976, exile began for the Sahrawi nation, which since then has been crowded into refugee camps in the barren hammada of TINDUF, in extreme living conditions and depending for their survival on international aid.
The unequal war between the FRENTE POLISARIO and Morocco in order to achieve freedom for their country has led to poverty, desolation and an unbearable cost in human lives.
In exile, the Sahrawi nation has, with the few available resources, managed to create a rudimentary but efficient system of administration. The population, some 170,000 people, has organised itself into WILAYAS and DARÍAS, assemblies of neighbours at which they discuss the problems of the community.
Mauritania is a country entirely of desert and with a fascinating history.
The terrifying canyons of the AMOJIAR ravine, its vertical walls, and the frequent landslides formed part of the dangers of the road which the ancient caravans had to negotiate in order to reach the mythical cities of the GoldRoute. The lost cities of Mauritania. The mosque is the most important building in Chinguetti and perhaps in all of Mauritania. Every year, below its minaret, of dry-stone masonry and reconstructed several times, thousands of the Turab al Bidan faithful gathered to set out on the pilgrimage to Mecca.
For this reason, Chinguetti was considered the seventh holy city of Islam.
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In this documentary, we will travel to the heart of Western Sahara, the last remaining unexplored region of the great African desert.
We will meet the nomads that inhabit this land, learn about their fascinating customs, their atavistic rites; the birthplace of an ancient empire. They are the ULAD EL MIZNA, the Children of the Cloud.
The immense desert which comprises the Western Sahara, almost 250,000 km in size, is one of the least-known, and most hostile regions in the world.
In 1976, exile began for the Sahrawi nation, which since then has been crowded into refugee camps in the barren hammada of TINDUF, in extreme living conditions and depending for their survival on international aid.
The unequal war between the FRENTE POLISARIO and Morocco in order to achieve freedom for their country has led to poverty, desolation and an unbearable cost in human lives.
In exile, the Sahrawi nation has, with the few available resources, managed to create a rudimentary but efficient system of administration. The population, some 170,000 people, has organised itself into WILAYAS and DARÍAS, assemblies of neighbours at which they discuss the problems of the community.
Mauritania is a country entirely of desert and with a fascinating history.
The terrifying canyons of the AMOJIAR ravine, its vertical walls, and the frequent landslides formed part of the dangers of the road which the ancient caravans had to negotiate in order to reach the mythical cities of the GoldRoute. The lost cities of Mauritania. The mosque is the most important building in Chinguetti and perhaps in all of Mauritania. Every year, below its minaret, of dry-stone masonry and reconstructed several times, thousands of the Turab al Bidan faithful gathered to set out on the pilgrimage to Mecca.
For this reason, Chinguetti was considered the seventh holy city of Islam.
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Orphans of the Sahara - Episode 1- Return
In late 2011, thousands of Tuareg workers and fighters, many of them mercenaries for slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, return to their Saharan homeland in Niger and Mali.
Having lost access to the country that was their only source of livelihood, they find little more than crushing poverty, hunger and drought back home.
Barely able to feed their children amidst total state neglect, the men launch a rebellion to found their own country.

Orphans of the Sahara - Episode 1- Return
In late 2011, thousands of Tuareg workers and fighters, many of them mercenaries for slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, return to their Saharan homeland in Niger and Mali.
Having lost access to the country that was their only source of livelihood, they find little more than crushing poverty, hunger and drought back home.
Barely able to feed their children amidst total state neglect, the men launch a rebellion to found their own country.

Niger: Tuareg people living in drought and conflict

Life is tough for many living on the edge of the Sahara desert in Niger, and it's not getting any better, despite the signing of a peace agreement almost 10 yea...

Life is tough for many living on the edge of the Sahara desert in Niger, and it's not getting any better, despite the signing of a peace agreement almost 10 years ago.
NomadicTuareg people suffered war, then drought. And lack of education is a major obstacle to building a new life.
Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports.
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Life is tough for many living on the edge of the Sahara desert in Niger, and it's not getting any better, despite the signing of a peace agreement almost 10 years ago.
NomadicTuareg people suffered war, then drought. And lack of education is a major obstacle to building a new life.
Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports.
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Libya's Quiet War: The Tuareg of South Libya

In remote southwest Sahara, the indigenous Tuareg tribe — variously used and discriminated against by former strongman Muammar Qaddafi — fight for their place i...

In remote southwest Sahara, the indigenous Tuareg tribe — variously used and discriminated against by former strongman Muammar Qaddafi — fight for their place in a post-revolutionary Libya.
Living deep in Libya’s desert near large oil fields and lucrative smuggling routes, hundreds of miles from Libya’s capital, the Tuareg find themselves impoverished and isolated on this prized land.
Nowhere is this felt more than in the oasis town of Ubari. Here the Tuareg are pitted against former neighbors in a proxy battle for assets and power, backed by government and international interests.
VICENews travels to meet the Tuareg on the front lines of Ubari and the border town of Ghat, to find out what is really happening in this rarely visited land.
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In remote southwest Sahara, the indigenous Tuareg tribe — variously used and discriminated against by former strongman Muammar Qaddafi — fight for their place in a post-revolutionary Libya.
Living deep in Libya’s desert near large oil fields and lucrative smuggling routes, hundreds of miles from Libya’s capital, the Tuareg find themselves impoverished and isolated on this prized land.
Nowhere is this felt more than in the oasis town of Ubari. Here the Tuareg are pitted against former neighbors in a proxy battle for assets and power, backed by government and international interests.
VICENews travels to meet the Tuareg on the front lines of Ubari and the border town of Ghat, to find out what is really happening in this rarely visited land.
Read "In a Southern Libya Oasis, a Proxy War Engulfs Two Tribes” - http://bit.ly/1QawO6n
Watch "Libya’s MigrantTrade: Europe or Die” - http://bit.ly/1Pon6cX
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Maintaining way of life, Tuareg resist cultural changes

For many indigenous and nomadic tribes around the world, it's often difficult to keep their way of life.
But there's a group of people, spread across several c...

For many indigenous and nomadic tribes around the world, it's often difficult to keep their way of life.
But there's a group of people, spread across several countries in North-western Africa, who are managing to do just that.
Al Jazeera'sNatasha Ghoneim has the story.
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For many indigenous and nomadic tribes around the world, it's often difficult to keep their way of life.
But there's a group of people, spread across several countries in North-western Africa, who are managing to do just that.
Al Jazeera'sNatasha Ghoneim has the story.
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In January, 2009, in a Touareg encampment outside Timbuktu, Mali, this troupe of drummers and singers, along with their sword dancers, invited Carolyn and Eli Newberger to join them in a lively and provocative dance. The day was unseasonably cold, and the Harmattan puffed on the irepressable ensemble. Note how one of the men, after offering his sword to his male guest, pulls a long dagger from his cloak and engages him in a polite duel. The guest considered and rejected the temptation to unsheath his Swiss Army knife from the holster on his belt, both for aesthetic reasons and to respect the time-honored definition of an American gentleman: "The man who knows how to play the banjo but refrains from doing so." Videography by Christraud Geary, Teele Curator of African and OceanicArt at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
http://www.elinewberger.com

In January, 2009, in a Touareg encampment outside Timbuktu, Mali, this troupe of drummers and singers, along with their sword dancers, invited Carolyn and Eli Newberger to join them in a lively and provocative dance. The day was unseasonably cold, and the Harmattan puffed on the irepressable ensemble. Note how one of the men, after offering his sword to his male guest, pulls a long dagger from his cloak and engages him in a polite duel. The guest considered and rejected the temptation to unsheath his Swiss Army knife from the holster on his belt, both for aesthetic reasons and to respect the time-honored definition of an American gentleman: "The man who knows how to play the banjo but refrains from doing so." Videography by Christraud Geary, Teele Curator of African and OceanicArt at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
http://www.elinewberger.com

Behind the Blue Veil

We've just LAUNCHED a KICKSTARTER campaign to finish the film and execute a marketing and distribution plan for its release. Timing is critical with the eyes ...

We've just LAUNCHED a KICKSTARTER campaign to finish the film and execute a marketing and distribution plan for its release. Timing is critical with the eyes of the world watching the headlines about the Crisis in the Sahara.
Beyond the mystical city of Timbuktu.... Mamatal, the son of a Tuareg chief sets out on a journey across the Sahara to save his culture known as the "blue people of the Sahara" before they disappear. But when the North African government of Mali collapses, he finds himself caught up in an international crisis brewing in the desert - a battle between Tuareg rebels fighting for independence and Al Qaeda bent on taking over the Sahara to plot future terrorist attacks against the United States and Europe.
Produced and directed by two-time Emmy winner RobynSymon of Symon Productions. Cinematographers Wes Malkin and JustinMarx. Funded by www.FACES-ngo.org

We've just LAUNCHED a KICKSTARTER campaign to finish the film and execute a marketing and distribution plan for its release. Timing is critical with the eyes of the world watching the headlines about the Crisis in the Sahara.
Beyond the mystical city of Timbuktu.... Mamatal, the son of a Tuareg chief sets out on a journey across the Sahara to save his culture known as the "blue people of the Sahara" before they disappear. But when the North African government of Mali collapses, he finds himself caught up in an international crisis brewing in the desert - a battle between Tuareg rebels fighting for independence and Al Qaeda bent on taking over the Sahara to plot future terrorist attacks against the United States and Europe.
Produced and directed by two-time Emmy winner RobynSymon of Symon Productions. Cinematographers Wes Malkin and JustinMarx. Funded by www.FACES-ngo.org

Sahrawi women | Nomads of the Sahara

Islam was introduced into the Sahara in the eighth century by tribes from Arabia. The dominant variety is Sunni, of the maleki rite.
Since then, the TALEB, or m...

Islam was introduced into the Sahara in the eighth century by tribes from Arabia. The dominant variety is Sunni, of the maleki rite.
Since then, the TALEB, or master of the Koran, has taught children from 5 to 13 years old the rudiments of writing and how to recite by memory the verses written in the LAUJ, or Koranic tables, in return for a small stipend in the form of cattle. In the Sahara, the taleb were also men of the book, the governing class, and enjoyed certain privileges.
For the Sahrawi nomad, the emptiness of this immense desert makes mysticism and dialogue with God easier to achieve. The wedding ceremony is still important in traditional society, maintained despite the now sedentary lifestyle the Sahrawi people have been forced to adopt.
The cadí, after recording in writing that none of the participants in the ceremony have raised any objection, confirms that the act is legal and the marriage valid.
The cries of joy from the women watching spread the news of the union to the entire fric.
But it is one of the witnesses who makes the official announced, firing shots into the air with an old Mauser gun.
This characteristic howl of the Sahrawi women, called INSHID, is a public manifestation of joy, which they also made when the warriors went into combat.
When the requirements of the Koran and tradition have been fulfilled, the women serve large trays of ISSAN, camel meat with rice. The eagerly-awaited banquet has finally begun, and it must be as copious as possible, to demonstrate the generosity of the bride’s family, who are the hosts.
In accordance with custom, the men and women eat separately. Some traditional customs still remain, though they now form part of the past, the old tribal divisions of nobles, descendents of Yemeni Arabs, tributary tribes and slaves. The drums and music sound out in the desert.
After the copious feast, Shelej, the bridegroom, accompanied by the AUSIR, his inseparable companion, other friends and some divorced women, goes round his own jaima three times, in a ritual to ward off any spell or evil eye, which is a very deep-rooted belief in the Sahara.
Meanwhile, in another tent, Suqueina, the bride, is pretending to hide. The women of her family are making her up with NILA and HENNA powders. Shelej is being given advice on how to behave in his marriage. His friends tell him they are ready to go in search of the bride whenever he asks them to. Finally, they enter the jaima to join the party. The entertainment is provided by an IGGAUEN, a minstrel who plays the traditional TIDINIT, the four-stringed lute of Mauritanian origin, with which he accompanies these love poems the Sahrawis are so fond of.
The hypnotic harmonies of the HOUL music transport the imagination to the beautiful lands of Mauritania.
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Islam was introduced into the Sahara in the eighth century by tribes from Arabia. The dominant variety is Sunni, of the maleki rite.
Since then, the TALEB, or master of the Koran, has taught children from 5 to 13 years old the rudiments of writing and how to recite by memory the verses written in the LAUJ, or Koranic tables, in return for a small stipend in the form of cattle. In the Sahara, the taleb were also men of the book, the governing class, and enjoyed certain privileges.
For the Sahrawi nomad, the emptiness of this immense desert makes mysticism and dialogue with God easier to achieve. The wedding ceremony is still important in traditional society, maintained despite the now sedentary lifestyle the Sahrawi people have been forced to adopt.
The cadí, after recording in writing that none of the participants in the ceremony have raised any objection, confirms that the act is legal and the marriage valid.
The cries of joy from the women watching spread the news of the union to the entire fric.
But it is one of the witnesses who makes the official announced, firing shots into the air with an old Mauser gun.
This characteristic howl of the Sahrawi women, called INSHID, is a public manifestation of joy, which they also made when the warriors went into combat.
When the requirements of the Koran and tradition have been fulfilled, the women serve large trays of ISSAN, camel meat with rice. The eagerly-awaited banquet has finally begun, and it must be as copious as possible, to demonstrate the generosity of the bride’s family, who are the hosts.
In accordance with custom, the men and women eat separately. Some traditional customs still remain, though they now form part of the past, the old tribal divisions of nobles, descendents of Yemeni Arabs, tributary tribes and slaves. The drums and music sound out in the desert.
After the copious feast, Shelej, the bridegroom, accompanied by the AUSIR, his inseparable companion, other friends and some divorced women, goes round his own jaima three times, in a ritual to ward off any spell or evil eye, which is a very deep-rooted belief in the Sahara.
Meanwhile, in another tent, Suqueina, the bride, is pretending to hide. The women of her family are making her up with NILA and HENNA powders. Shelej is being given advice on how to behave in his marriage. His friends tell him they are ready to go in search of the bride whenever he asks them to. Finally, they enter the jaima to join the party. The entertainment is provided by an IGGAUEN, a minstrel who plays the traditional TIDINIT, the four-stringed lute of Mauritanian origin, with which he accompanies these love poems the Sahrawis are so fond of.
The hypnotic harmonies of the HOUL music transport the imagination to the beautiful lands of Mauritania.
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A very mysterious Islamic Tuareg tribe where women rule is an
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A very mysterious Islamic Tuareg tribe where women rule is an
exception to a very male-centric religious way of life. The Tuareg
tribe of the Sahara is one of the most fascinating tribes in all of
Islam. Their culture is so progressive that it would even make some in
liberal western cultures blush. Women are allowed to have multiple
sexual partners outside of marriage. In their culture It’s the men,
who cover their faces.

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A very mysterious Islamic Tuareg tribe where women rule is an
exception to a very male-centric religious way of life. The Tuareg
tribe of the Sahara is one of the most fascinating tribes in all of
Islam. Their culture is so progressive that it would even make some in
liberal western cultures blush. Women are allowed to have multiple
sexual partners outside of marriage. In their culture It’s the men,
who cover their faces.

DescriptionTake the journey with me threw the culture of the Tuareg. Touching basis on the basics of the Tuareg Culture, Life Style, and discussing how the Tuareg survive. Passing an ancient African culture down to the next generation is the goal of this viewing. Sit back and enjoy the conversation on a beautiful tribe, let us make the connections and learn about are brothers and sisters back in the motherland.

DescriptionTake the journey with me threw the culture of the Tuareg. Touching basis on the basics of the Tuareg Culture, Life Style, and discussing how the Tuareg survive. Passing an ancient African culture down to the next generation is the goal of this viewing. Sit back and enjoy the conversation on a beautiful tribe, let us make the connections and learn about are brothers and sisters back in the motherland.

Nomadic Tribes of the Sahara | Full Documentary

In this documentary, we will travel to the heart of Western Sahara, the last remaining unexplored region of the great African desert.
We will meet the nomads that inhabit this land, learn about their fascinating customs, their atavistic rites; the birthplace of an ancient empire. They are the ULAD EL MIZNA, the Children of the Cloud.
The immense desert which comprises the Western Sahara, almost 250,000 km in size, is one of the least-known, and most hostile regions in the world.
In 1976, exile began for the Sahrawi nation, which since then has been crowded into refugee camps in the barren hammada of TINDUF, in extreme living conditions and depending for their survival on international aid.
The unequal war between the FRENTE POLISARIO and Morocco in order to achieve freedom for their country has led to poverty, desolation and an unbearable cost in human lives.
In exile, the Sahrawi nation has, with the few available resources, managed to create a rudimentary but efficient system of administration. The population, some 170,000 people, has organised itself into WILAYAS and DARÍAS, assemblies of neighbours at which they discuss the problems of the community.
Mauritania is a country entirely of desert and with a fascinating history.
The terrifying canyons of the AMOJIAR ravine, its vertical walls, and the frequent landslides formed part of the dangers of the road which the ancient caravans had to negotiate in order to reach the mythical cities of the GoldRoute. The lost cities of Mauritania. The mosque is the most important building in Chinguetti and perhaps in all of Mauritania. Every year, below its minaret, of dry-stone masonry and reconstructed several times, thousands of the Turab al Bidan faithful gathered to set out on the pilgrimage to Mecca.
For this reason, Chinguetti was considered the seventh holy city of Islam.
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Orphans of the Sahara - Episode 1- Return

Orphans of the Sahara - Episode 1- Return
In late 2011, thousands of Tuareg workers and fighters, many of them mercenaries for slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, return to their Saharan homeland in Niger and Mali.
Having lost access to the country that was their only source of livelihood, they find little more than crushing poverty, hunger and drought back home.
Barely able to feed their children amidst total state neglect, the men launch a rebellion to found their own country.

2:11

Niger: Tuareg people living in drought and conflict

Life is tough for many living on the edge of the Sahara desert in Niger, and it's not gett...

Niger: Tuareg people living in drought and conflict

Life is tough for many living on the edge of the Sahara desert in Niger, and it's not getting any better, despite the signing of a peace agreement almost 10 years ago.
NomadicTuareg people suffered war, then drought. And lack of education is a major obstacle to building a new life.
Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports.
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Libya's Quiet War: The Tuareg of South Libya

In remote southwest Sahara, the indigenous Tuareg tribe — variously used and discriminated against by former strongman Muammar Qaddafi — fight for their place in a post-revolutionary Libya.
Living deep in Libya’s desert near large oil fields and lucrative smuggling routes, hundreds of miles from Libya’s capital, the Tuareg find themselves impoverished and isolated on this prized land.
Nowhere is this felt more than in the oasis town of Ubari. Here the Tuareg are pitted against former neighbors in a proxy battle for assets and power, backed by government and international interests.
VICENews travels to meet the Tuareg on the front lines of Ubari and the border town of Ghat, to find out what is really happening in this rarely visited land.
Read "In a Southern Libya Oasis, a Proxy War Engulfs Two Tribes” - http://bit.ly/1QawO6n
Watch "Libya’s MigrantTrade: Europe or Die” - http://bit.ly/1Pon6cX
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Maintaining way of life, Tuareg resist cultural changes

For many indigenous and nomadic tribes around the world, it's often difficult to keep their way of life.
But there's a group of people, spread across several countries in North-western Africa, who are managing to do just that.
Al Jazeera'sNatasha Ghoneim has the story.
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3:54

Tuareg women musicians with strange dancers, Timbuktu, Mali

In January, 2009, in a Touareg encampment outside Timbuktu, Mali, this troupe of drummers ...

Tuareg women musicians with strange dancers, Timbuktu, Mali

In January, 2009, in a Touareg encampment outside Timbuktu, Mali, this troupe of drummers and singers, along with their sword dancers, invited Carolyn and Eli Newberger to join them in a lively and provocative dance. The day was unseasonably cold, and the Harmattan puffed on the irepressable ensemble. Note how one of the men, after offering his sword to his male guest, pulls a long dagger from his cloak and engages him in a polite duel. The guest considered and rejected the temptation to unsheath his Swiss Army knife from the holster on his belt, both for aesthetic reasons and to respect the time-honored definition of an American gentleman: "The man who knows how to play the banjo but refrains from doing so." Videography by Christraud Geary, Teele Curator of African and OceanicArt at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
http://www.elinewberger.com

3:45

Behind the Blue Veil

We've just LAUNCHED a KICKSTARTER campaign to finish the film and execute a marketing an...

Behind the Blue Veil

We've just LAUNCHED a KICKSTARTER campaign to finish the film and execute a marketing and distribution plan for its release. Timing is critical with the eyes of the world watching the headlines about the Crisis in the Sahara.
Beyond the mystical city of Timbuktu.... Mamatal, the son of a Tuareg chief sets out on a journey across the Sahara to save his culture known as the "blue people of the Sahara" before they disappear. But when the North African government of Mali collapses, he finds himself caught up in an international crisis brewing in the desert - a battle between Tuareg rebels fighting for independence and Al Qaeda bent on taking over the Sahara to plot future terrorist attacks against the United States and Europe.
Produced and directed by two-time Emmy winner RobynSymon of Symon Productions. Cinematographers Wes Malkin and JustinMarx. Funded by www.FACES-ngo.org

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Creatures kissing in the rainShapeless in the dark againIn the hanging gardenPlease don't speakIn the hanging gardenNo one sleepsIn the hanging gardenIn the hanging gardenCatching haloes on the moonGives my hands the shapes of angelsIn the heat of the nightThe animals screamIn the heat of the nightWalking into a dreamFall fall fall fallInto the wallsJump jump out of timeFall fall fall fallOut of the skyCover my face as the animals cryIn the hanging gardenIn the hanging gardenCreatures kissing in the rainShapeless in the dark againIn a hanging gardenChange the pastIn a hanging gardenWearing fursAnd masksFall fall fall fallInto the wallsJump jump out of timeFall fall fall fallOut of the skyCover my face as the animals dieIn the hanging gardenAs the animals dieCover my face as the animals die

Chevalier had worked at Google for almost two years, and is disabled and transgender, and said that his internal posts were often made to stick up for women of color and other marginalized people on staff ... But the effect is the same ... Chevalier also described how Google has mailing lists across the company, which are sometimes used to bait people into defending diversity which are then reported to HR or put online on alt-right websites....

OSLO. Sea levels will rise between 0.7 and 1.2 metres in the next two centuries even if governments end the fossil fuel era as promised under the Paris climate agreement, scientists said on Tuesday ...Ocean levels will rise inexorably because heat-trapping industrial gases already em­­itted will linger in the atmosphere, melting more ice, it said. In addition, water naturally expands as it warms above four degrees Celsius (39.2F) ... ....

She also reportedly also took $2,900 from him before he moved out.Last Wednesday afternoon, an assailant, later identified as Cruz, stormed Florida’sMarjory Stoneman Douglas High School with an assault rifle, fatally shooting 17 people and injured at least 14 others, the report said.Deschamps filed a petition for Lynda’s estate just one day later, according to court reports obtained by the Post....

Special CounselRobert Mueller's probe is prepared to accept a guilty plea from the London-based son-in-law of a Russian businessman after he made false statements during the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to the Washington Post... Tymoshenko was later imprisoned by former president Viktor Yanukovych after signing a controversial deal with Russia for natural gas ... U.S ... U.S....

But still, U.S ... authorities continued the comfort station system absent formal slavery ... “Americans act as though Koreans were a conquered nation rather than a liberated people.”1 With the assistance of some Korean officials, camptowns and prostitution also became a critical part of a South Korean economy struggling to emerge from a devastating war.Venereal disease and other communicable infections, meanwhile, became widespread. The U.S....

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"It's a lot about taking the ideas that people have about what it is to live in Africa and what it is to be African and retelling that story, reclaiming it I guess, and having this clarification," Beachler said ... The Wakandan people ... Other tribes of sartorial inspiration were the Turkana people in East Africa, Hemba people in Congo, Suri tribe in Ethiopia and Tuaregpeople in western and northern Africa, among others....

On Marshall I found Teenie Harris , who was a Pittsburgh-based photographer, and his collection was a lot of candid photos of people enjoying themselves in the 1930s and 40s ... So if the NAACP or if it’s Malcolm X giving a speech and not only look at Malcolm X but look at all the people around him ... I looked at the Tuaregpeople and how they used the beautiful purples and gold and silver....

An unknown number of the attackers were also killed in fighting as the "suspected jihadists killed at least four civilians around Talataye," a northeastern town of around 14,000people, regionals official told AFP... In the Talataye area the jihadists often target an Azawad group, the traditionally nomadic Tuaregpeople of the desert, who they consider too close to a pro-governmental armed group, another elected local official said ... ....

... killed at least four civilians around Talataye," a northeastern town of around 14,000people, regional officials told AFP ... In the Talataye area the militants often target an Azawad group, the traditionally nomadic Tuaregpeople of the desert, who they consider too close to a pro-governmental armed group, another elected local official said....

The refugees Europe does not want now linger in Libyan refugee camps ... Old salt caravans — the Azalai — mostly managed by the Tuaregpeoples would run between Mali as well as Niger and Libya ... Those old caravans still make their journey, moving from one water source to the next, the camels as exhausted as the Tuareg ... There are many people ready to prey on the travellers and on the smugglers, whose cars are routinely stolen ... CocaineTrail....

He was accused by Keita's government in 2012 of treason over the failure of soldiers to tackle a rebellion led by Tuaregpeople that eventually led to jihadists trying to take over the country ... the country, which regularly come under attack in spite of a peace accord signed with Tuareg leaders in May and June 2015, aimed at isolating the jihadists....

Refugees do not show up in the Mediterranean Sea as if from nowhere ... Old salt caravans — the Azalai — mostly managed by the Tuaregpeoples would run between Mali as well as Niger and Libya ... Those old caravans still make their journey, moving from one water source to the next, the camels as exhausted as the Tuareg ... There are many people ready to prey on the travellers and on the smugglers, whose cars are routinely stolen ... Cocaine trail ... ....

Toure was accused by Keita's government of treason over the failure of soldiers to tackle a rebellion led by Tuaregpeople that eventually led to jihadists trying to takeover the country ... regularly come under attack in spite of a peace accord signed with Tuareg leaders in May and June 2015, aimed at isolating the jihadists....

Tinariwen founder member Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, a wandering musician and proud Tuareg from Mali, is not the flashiest guitarist on the global blues rock stage ... In many ways, you didn’t need to understand Tinariwen’s Tamashek language to tap into the soulful feel of its infectious call-and-response vocals, with songs mostly about the nomadic Tuaregpeople lashed by drought, war, poverty and misfortune....

In real life, Ibrahim – a sort of Bob Marley of the Sahara – has an incredible backstory that epitomises the steely soul and spirit of the Tuaregpeople (desert nomads) in times of conflict and turmoil ... The Tuareg tribe, in brief, is an indigenous people who speak their own language, and whose territory stretches over six countries in North Africa....

While the rebellion started as another chapter in the long struggle between the north's Tuaregpeople and the central government, it was quickly usurped by groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda, leading to the destruction of instruments and brutal punishment of people caught playing music ... ....